A poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, she had gained national acclaim with her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Her poetry, however, elevated her status even further ...

Caged Bird endures because it is a stunning reminder of all the possibility that lies on the other side of silence and suffering. No American poet has played a bigger role in TV and movies than ...

The name of the project is “Operation Caged Bird,” named for one of the books removed from the Naval Academy’s library, Maya ...

and is best known for her work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Angelou also was commissioned by the United States Olympic Committee to write a poem for the U.S. Team at the Beijing Olympics.

She is best known as a writer, for her numerous books of poetry and her six poignant memoirs, including the masterful 1969 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In February, she won a Grammy for the ...